Removable wheel-rim.



APPLIOLHOI III-ID Ill. 1. "01.

Patented Feb. 8,1910.

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J. 0. COLE. RBIOYABIIE IKIIBL III. nruonml nun 1.1. m1.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT ormon.

-- QLAIENCE com, or CHICOPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS. ASSIGNOR. 'ro FISK 'f noun coxumr, or cnzcorm; rALLs. nassacnvsn'r'rs, A com-'oaanoa.

1*: l 1 BEKOVABL WHEEL-RIM. in, v V.. V U

a: $43, Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 8, I9").

Application filed larch 1, 1907. l rtal No. 368.967. '-l i. v

ull vhom it may coiwcm." showing in dotted lines the position of the ml, no lfoit kuownthat l ,Jons (JAIN-:NUECQLB, run and it. attached tire partly removed flfl'lljfl'll .of the United States of America, from the felly. '1 his view also shows the I .,|i .idiu'at Chicopw Falls, III the count of general arrangement of the air-valve, as 5 ampt en and State of .llassachusetts, iave adapted to the construction forming the subtit) ltvented new and useful ln'iprovements in ject of this application. These Figs. 1 and M ien iovable \\'ln a-l-R i ms, of which the fol-i show the use of the improved tire fastenowm g is a Sll'tliitlliltlll. mg devices lll CUIlIlGCtlOXhWltil one type of ;',,,,Thisjnventiou relates to vehicle tires and t re well known commercially. 1 1g. 3 IS a lo s n-cilically to means to removably attach a Side elevation at a complete wheel on a rej jgietal rim to uni-heel, the word rim duccd scale, the COX lSiI'HCUOU bem the same ying nscd ttl tlt-'fIgIltllt5 the member to whtch as that shown in ligs, 1 and 2. 1g. 4 s a iqresihent tire is attached, the run being fit-. cross sectional elevation showing the 1mted over and rcmovablv attached to the folly proved rim fastening-devices as applied to l-fiitif tlie wheel with tho inflated tire secured to another form of rim adapted to receive anthe rim other commercially well known tire, the lat- Q The invention is adaptable more partieuter not IKE lg shown, however. Fig. 5 is a miinly to the wheels of self-propelled roadcross sectional elevation showing the im- Width-lea, and the general practice has hcreproved rim-fastening devices as applied to -2ti"t fore been to have the rim permanently sestill another type of rim adapted to receive '5 trod on the folly and to attach and detach another commercially well known tire nothe tire therefrom, as occasion requires. in shown in the drawing. Fi (i is a si e elev .3030! 1 wheel, and broadly such a construction devices will be confined to what is shown in not an dice, i h i ml th ,vation of a split ring whici constitutes one i'tlation of pnemnatic tires to remove the of the elcnu-nts of the run fastening device, time and the replacement and attachment and which is shown in cross section on a "1 hereof again to the rim in a dellated con larger scale in Figs. 1, 2 4, and 5. Fig. 7 is '1" lion, and the subsequent re-intlation of the a cross sectional view of the ex mnsible ring 01 t. Th diti l d d 11 m. showingthe same made will a slightly I, od d mphcemeng f ti a t diou raised rib, preferably extending around the recess, to. overcome which various means outer border of the topof the ring. r,

1: my. be n devised, the mor ucc ful of Inasmuch as the construction of the rim "which embody broadly a tire in an intlatcd fastening devices is the same whether apeondition attuclied to a rim which may be plied to the form of tire. shown in Fi s. 1 l qui kly fitted to, or removed from, the folly and 2, or 4 and 5, the description of t use v p 9O itt'not claimed in this application, the object said 1' igs. 1 and :3, as the latter figure 15 the goat this invention being to prov de an imonly (me showing the arrangement and con- 'w pmved construction of this character which struction of the valve, but it is to be underllimay be quickly lttnched to and removed stood thata like valve construction is equally i from the folly of :1 Wheel, the rim i'astenwell adapted to the form of tire shown in r oi ing'devicca being equally well udiiptcd to Figs. 4 aml 5, if desired and furthermore,

(any one of several types of rims, as hereinit is to be understood that the valve conf lilml' (lenoribed and In this respect, all well slruetion 01005 not constitute an element of lien! in the I '00 construction of the rim this invention except insofar as it mu be .itntening evi the invention clearly embodied in combination with some 02 the grinarlu adistinet a vance in this art. other parts. lam 1 The invuition is clearly illustrated in the Referring now to l igs. 1 and 2, a indias: oniwcomplnying drawings, in which,-- rates a tire casing, the flanged base I) of t at i are 1 l8 a cross notional elevation of a which is fitted to a metal rim 0 and secured "whee lolly showit a rim and portion of a thereto by means of rings (I fitting over the loo tire thereon with the rim fastening devices flanged base on either side of the casing and m3 applied to the folly, the lane of the section secured thereto by means of the cli cwhich wlebelllg Oh the line 1-1, 3. Fi 2 is a. engages one of the rings, and the flanged View Iimilar to Fig. 1, the plane 0 the seehead of a belt I engaging the other, the belt tion being however on line 2-2, this view being provided with a snilal not. This 'stl'aetion of the type shown in the u'ei-wnt ap tlication it is obviously nm'cssary t llll the va ve-tube should be short enough to be removed bodily with the rim r, a )rovided herein, which construction will more i fully described later on. The rim c, shown in Figs. 1 and is a solid rim adapted to receive the part icular fastening devices for the tire-casm shown in said tigures. but any form of run e may be employed, as for example those show; lll Figs. 4 and 5, and whatever mav be the particular type of rim (which .wilLl adetermined by the particular preference of the owner for a certain ty uof tire) the fastening devices formin I t w subject matter of this application \\Ill be practically the same. Q

Referring still to Figs. 1 and :2, the wheel felly mis provided with a rim 0 permaneatly secured to the periphery thereof. as shown, one edge of Mtltl rim being beveled oil at an an 'le of about 45 around the entire circum crence thereof. A number of bolts 1 extend throu h this rim transversely, the heads of the bofts coming to a bearing against one edge of the rim and the oppotute ends of the bolts being provided with nuts c which bear. against a split ring a which is triangular in cross section, the beteed edge of the ring fitting the beveled ed e of the rim 0. As this ring is shown in sit e elevation in Fig 6, theholes t therein are made to receive the bolts 1], these holes being preferably somewhat larger than the bolts; and to provide the requisite radial flexibility a saw cut 0 may be made extending from the bottom of these holes t toward the periphery of the. ring whereby when the. nuts r are turned up and the ring a forced up the inclined edge 6 of the rim 0, the ring may be expanded equally throughout its entire circumference against the under side of the rim 1;. Noraally, the ring a is made of somewhat less diameter than the external diameter of the rim 0 tothe end that. when the nuts r are loosened, the ring will be self,- eontracting and thus reduce itself to a diamcter less than that of the rim 0 as the nuts r are turned back on. their bolts, and thus leave the rim 0 free to be removed 1 bodily from its seat on the rim 0 with the tire casing 11 attached thereto. ln'order to .l' uilitate th easy placement and removal of the rim 0, to and from its seat on the width of the seat 41:.

1 that it can be easily taken otf.

fixed rim 0, said rim c'is' provided with a seat on said rim 0, preferably only at its outer edges. and to that cm] the rim 0 is cut away, as at II, (Figs. 1 and 2) leaving a narrow seat portion a for the run c at one edge of the run 0, the ring a being expanded as described against the under side of the opposite edge of the rim c. liy this means. owing to the rigidity of the rim c, the latter will be as tirmly sup mrted as though it had a be aring for the entire width thereof on the run 0. and when the ring a is contracttal. the

degree of nuuement necessary to free the rim 1- from said rim 0 is l't'pl't'fitlltt'tl by the This movement, as seen, would be a very slight one and as soon as the rim c is disenga 'ed from its seat. the reduced diameter of tie rim 0 beyond the seat will leave the rim 0 so lmselv seated Furthermore. a still furthor advantage of this narrow seat portion is that it reduces the area of the surfaces which must be nicely titted to substantially the area of the seat portion .1', and as this seat portion is approaclnsl by an inclined surface the rim 0 slides onto itquile easily and naturally; whereas,'it' a close tit between the two rims were necessary, as would be the case in the absence of an expansible device, special tools would be llt'mssttl') to lit these parts together. and the slightest injury to either of them would make it praetieallv impossible to tit the rim 1- to its seat. It i' of course necessary that; some sort of a slop or abutment for the rim 1- be provided, and the most obvious nu-chanical expedient is the provision of a slight flange 3 on that edge of the rim 0 opposite to that on which the expansiblc ring a is located; and in carrying out this invention, it is preferred that the llangc 3 should be on the inside of the wheel to the end that when the vehicle, on which the wheel is mounted, turns a corner the flange would be. in position to receive the lateral thrust to which the outer wheel of a vehicle is snb'ccted. If desired, however, a rib 4 cxteml ittg' slightly above the upper surface ofithc expansible ring a may be formed on the outer edge of said ring thus providing an abutment similar to the thing" 3 on the tixed rim whereby the removable rim will be restrained against lateral movement in either direction, and mating it mssible to tit the wheel to the axle so that the nuts 1 of the bolts 1 may be located either on the outside or the inside of thewhr'el. This rib 4, however. is not considered an essential feature of the construction lweanse the ring a may be expanded with such force against the under side of the removable rim as to hold the latter immovable on the wheel against any lateral strain to which the wheel might be subjected.

' Referring now to-l iga. 1 and 2, it will be observed that. the stem of the valve h extenths only through the mum-able rim in a hole provided therein for that pttrtaw-e, and in order to t'aeilitate the retntwal of the up it from the rte-tn, tbe eentrally located bout ti thereon is extended somewhat *la-low tlte inner surface of arid rim to the end that a mow-driver or other suitable tool may be applied thereto eaa'ilv and etmveniently tar mooring the up. 'l'ltia makes it neeemtry to mill a groove 7 (alnlwn particularly in Fig. 8) iii the ttpper surface of the permanent. ritn to receive the boss ti, and extending from near the renter of the rim to that or thereof over which the removable ritn ia drawn in removing the same. This parttcttlar ieonatrnetion Innvever, does not eouatitute any part of thia invention and is shown only aa tllntttrating one way itt which provision may the application rtanovablo ritn and tire which this rim oarrtoi.

What I claim, is

1. A wheel comprising a metal ritn permanentl v attuned to the telly and having one at its ed beveled, a tire ritn titling ltaa-ely oter t to llxed ritn and overhangin the beveled portion thereof, an expanoihlfi and aelf-eontraeting ring who-1e norntal exte nal liatneter ia lesa than. tho internal diameter of said tire rim. inter maed betaeen the fixed ritn and tire rim, said ring having a beveled under surface parallel with the beveled odge of the'tlxetl rim, and

be made for providing for an upper ttnrt'ace parallel with the inner sur- I {are of the remova hle rini, and means to move anal ring against the beveled surface on the tixed rim lu \Wt'ltlttl the rin radially t to a greater tlitttthtel' than it manta umi tllliott, then-by forcing the mute into hinding contact with the renmtalile ritu to lut'h l the latter to the wheel.

Z.- A wheel cont wiring a tired rim having one of its edges ieveled. a removable rim g homely fitted over the lived rim and overllttt gihg the beveled edge of the latter and i adapted to have a HR seated thereon, an i expansihle and self-contracting ring interposed between tlttlived and retnm'able rim and means to force said ring agaimt the l beveled ed 0 of the lived run to expand it against tttu into binding cmttttrt with the I under surface of the removabl rim to lork l'the latter on the wheel.

with an outstanding tixed abutment and having its opposite t'tl"t' beveled. a removable rint hioitely littet over the lined rim and arranged to engage -aid abutment and overhang the beveled edge of the lived rim, ttn expansihle and self-mntraeting ring interposed between the fixed and rentovablo rims and having a beveled ntuler ant-fare ring against raid beveled surface on the fixed run to expand the ring radially into hittding contact with the removable rim to loek the latter to the wheel.

' JOHN (.LARI'ZNtI'Z ('ULI'I. Witnesses: K. I. Cannons.

ll. W. liownn.

1 ll. lit a wheel, th combination of a fell v lltttviltg a fixed l'int provided at one edge of a short valve-stem to tlte engaging attitl beveled edge of the lived rim. I and fastening meat arranged to move said 

